polluter
/pəˈluːtə/puh-LOO-tur
/pəˈlutɚ/puh-LOO-tur
Meaninga person or thing that pollutes
Common meaning: a person or thing that pollutes (inferred)
- polluto soil, defileLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1393 · scan
- tverb or noun ending (part of the Latin stem)
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinpolluō, -ere‘to soil, defile’
- Englishpollute‘to contaminate’
- Englishformed in English from pollutepolluter‘a person or thing that pollutes (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that pollutes. It can be inferred from any of: pollute.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from pollute + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- polluō, -ere Latin “to soil, defile”
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